Calgary Healthy Families Collaborative

Vision Statement

All children and their families are healthy and connected to supportive communities.

Mission Statement

CHFC promotes healthy child development, healthy families and community connections. Strength based home visitation is provided for newborns and very young children whose families are in challenging circumstances.

Calgary Healthy Families Collaborative (CHFC) plays a
critical role in assisting vulnerable families. Home Visitation is a primary and effective early intervention strategy strengthening healthy, social, emotional, and cognitive development of children within the context of their family. Home visitors provide
service in the home focusing on positively impacting families in areas of
optimal childhood development, healthy parent-child relationships, effective parenting skills, and mitigating environmental risk factors. Home visitation is considered most effective when it is implemented
at the earliest possible time; preferably before or right after
birth.

The Calgary Healthy
Families Collaborative is made up of six agencies, all committed to providing a
network of comprehensive home visitation services
based on the needs of families with children from birth to age five. All
members of the CHFC share a commitment of shared responsibility,
accountability, decision making and leadership to ensure that the needs of
children and families engaged in home visitation are met. The six agencies are
the Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA), Closer to Home Community
Services, the Children’s Cottage Society of Calgary, Hull Services, Pathways
Community Services Association and The Salvation Army Community Services
(Calgary).